Missing jet skier rescued by FWC after 4 hours in water

Coast Guard reports man was found safe after more than four hours in the water.

Staff Report

PANAMA CITY — In a news release from the Coast Guard’s Eighth District headquarters out of New Orleans, a missing jet skier was found after more than four hours in the water by a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission boat crew near West Bay Bridge in Bay County.

The FWC boat crew rescued 53-year-old Michael Labron at 11:50 p.m. Saturday and transported him to awaiting emergency medical services at Colony Club in West Bay, Panama City. Labron was wearing a life jacket.

Involved in the search were:

Coast Guard Station Panama City 29-foot Response Boat-Small boatcrew

Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew

Bay County Sheriff’s Department boat crew

Bay County Sheriff’s Department helicopter aircrew

Florida Fish and Wildlife boat crew

Coast Guard Station Panama City received a report at 7:12 p.m. Saturday from the FWC that Labron had gone missing after being separated from his brother. The exact location of where Labron, whose address was not noted, went missing was not reported.